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BIPM votes to end leap seconds in UTC
Original: BIPM decides to stop adding leap seconds to UTC
The International Bureau of Weights and Measures has decided to stop adding leap seconds to Coordinated Universal Time, ending a decades-old practice of occasionally inserting an extra second to keep atomic clocks aligned with Earth's rotation. The change ends the disruptions that leap seconds have caused for computer systems and networks worldwide.
Why now: The decision ends a long-standing timekeeping practice that has caused technical problems for computing and telecommunications systems, making it a major topic for engineers and scientists.
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